Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 66. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

Earlier this week papers were filed for the Snap Inc. IPO. Snap Inc. is the parent company of Snapchat and based on its S-1 prospectus, Snap seems to have a unique worldview, rapid growth, staggering costs, and no pretense of public shareholder governance. The Snap Inc. IPO makes clear that it doesn’t view itself as a […]

The three most popular consumer social networks, Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram, have grown from scrappy upstarts to some of the most powerful communication platforms on earth. Despite the similarities of these platforms, users, celebrities, and companies are embracing them in different ways. To understand how they are evolving and performing, ARK researched engagement […]

On Monday, March 16th, Elon Musk tweeted cryptically an update about the Tesla battery swaps 1 pilot program: Perhaps Elon will explain what he means by non-commercial traffic in greater detail during his “end range anxiety” announcement on March 19th. Until then, the tweet could be a sign that Tesla will not roll out a […]

The big internet companies are running out of untapped social media users. In order to maintain growth they will have to think outside the box. From 2006 to 2013, the population of social media users grew nine-fold to 1.8 billion. Business prospects have been similarly favorable: LinkedIn , Facebook , Twitter —to name a few—all enjoyed consistent […]

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